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Continue reading →: Money, Confidence and Women Who WorkThere are certain things I just won’t do to make a dollar. I don’t even know what all those things are. I haven’t had to find out. But one thing, right now, that I utterly refuse to do is work for peanuts out of fear or insecurity. My professional and…
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Continue reading →: Wait, I Thought It Was Okay to Work from HomeMy biggest beef with diversity in the workplace is that people say things they don’t mean. They do things for effect, because they think they should, or because they feel pressure to act and appear a certain way. But at the end of the day, if you don’t believe in…
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Continue reading →: Deloitte Says to Promote Inclusion It will Dismantle Its ERGsDeloitte employees who are currently participating in any of its workplace affinity groups will need to make other plans. The company plans to phase out the groups – also known as employee resource groups – many in the next 18 months. Instead, employees will be able to join inclusion councils.…
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Continue reading →: 3 Ways a Lack of Thought Diversity Hurts CompaniesDiversity of thought is the antithesis of groupthink. It spits in the face of likeminded-ness. Okay, that was harsh, but you know what I mean. Diversity of thought welcomes ideation, innovation, creativity. It takes the average company’s blind and lazy adherence to the status quo and wrings its neck, and…
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Continue reading →: Silicon Valley, You Are Officially On NoticeLogically, you know certain things happen, racism, sexism, those sorts of things. You know they’re out there. But over time – and over exposure – you become desensitized to them. They may even stop being a daily pain point. Maybe your circumstances change, and you’re lucky enough to remove yourself…
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Continue reading →: The Association between Diversity and Controversy Is Played OutSometimes I find the idea of diversity as a controversial topic utterly ridiculous. The so-called controversy is mostly about people’s inability or unwillingness to deal with discomfort. Without quoting a bunch of hard stats related to the composition of the population, the immense purchasing power of minority groups, the mélange…
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Continue reading →: Bill Cosby All, Women Everywhere ZeroSo, the big news this week is, Bill Cosby got off. Not because he was innocent of three charges of aggravated indecent assault, but because the jury members deciding his fate were hopelessly deadlocked, which resulted in a mistrial. One CNN article that I read said the language of the…
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Continue reading →: Steve Scalise and His Black SaviorsIn the wake of Wednesday’s shooting in Alexandria, Virginia where Congressman Steve Scalise and several others were injured, there has been much commentary about the black officers hailed as heroes for killing shooter James Hodgkinson. Once such piece was Son of Baldwin’s narrative “Let Them Fucking Die.” When I managed…
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Continue reading →: Wonder Woman Is Still Just a WomanWarning: Spoilers ahead. You’ve been warned. I saw Wonder Woman, finally. I’d been waiting for it to drop for months. It’s just the kind of film I like, action, war, heroes and a bit of the supernatural. There was also the added thrill of an iconic female character, played by…
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